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{{Ship

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| name=''Tennessee''-class

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| image=H97316.jpg

!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy  no-repeat scroll top left;"|''Tennessee''-class

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| flag-raw=[[File:US Naval Jack 48 stars.png|40px]]

| owner=

!align ="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|[[Image:US Naval Jack 48 stars.png|48px|United States Navy Jack]]

| built=

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| authorized= Fiscal year 1916

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| keellaid=

| commissioned=Tennessee, California

| retired=

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| type=

| Fiscal Year 1916

| displ=33,190 t

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| length=624 ft

| Completed and commissioned:

| beam=97 ft 3 in

| ''Tennessee'', ''California''

| draft=31 ft

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| speed=21 knots

! colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| General characteristics

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| armament=Twelve 14"/50 main guns in four triple turrets<br>Fourteen 5"/51 guns in single casemate mountings  

| Displacement:

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| 33,190 t

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| 624&nbsp;ft  

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| 97&nbsp;ft 3 in

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| 31&nbsp;ft

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| 21 knots

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| Twelve 14"/50 main guns in four triple turrets; Fourteen 5"/51 guns in single casemate mountings

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The design of the ''Tennessee''-class was a considerable improvement over that of earlier U.S. Navy battleships. The two ships featured the same twelve 14"/50 guns and armor protection as in the preceding [[New Mexico-class battleship|''New Mexico''-class]], and had a similar hull. However, their newly developed four-layer anti-torpedo system, built into the hull sides, and the revised arrangement of boiler and engine rooms permitted by their turbo-electric machinery greatly enhanced their combat survivability. Increased elevation of the main-battery guns and improved gunfire directors atop heavier "cage" masts allowed greater battle ranges. All of the five-inch secondary battery guns were now in the superstructure, where they were less vulnerable to heavy seas.

The design of the ''Tennessee''-class was a considerable improvement over that of earlier U.S. Navy battleships. The two ships featured the same twelve 14"/50 guns and armor protection as in the preceding [[New Mexico-class battleship|''New Mexico''-class]], and had a similar hull. However, their newly developed four-layer anti-torpedo system, built into the hull sides, and the revised arrangement of boiler and engine rooms permitted by their turbo-electric machinery greatly enhanced their combat survivability. Increased elevation of the main-battery guns and improved gunfire directors atop heavier "cage" masts allowed greater battle ranges. All of the five-inch secondary battery guns were now in the superstructure, where they were less vulnerable to heavy seas.